| MND-B Soldiers seize weapons caches north of Baghdad |  |  |
| Thursday, 16 October 2008 | |
| Multi-National Corps – Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory APO AE 09342 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE No. 20081016-22 Oct. 16, 2008 MND-B Soldiers seize weapons caches north of Baghdad Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO BAGHDAD – A tip led Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers to a weapons cache north of Baghdad Oct. 16.
Acting on a tip from a local shaykh, Soldiers serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized six cans of 14.5 mm ammunition, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, an RPG rocket, a 155 mm projectile round, an Iraqi hand grenade, a bag of sulfur and a bag of sodium carbonate near Joint Security Station Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, at approximately 10:30 a.m.
An explosive ordnance team took the munitions to Camp Taji for disposal. -30- |
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